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  No new person has died from complications related to coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Sunday. In a late-night tweet, the NCDC which is responsible for the management of disease outbreaks in the country noted that the nation’s death toll from COVID-19 stood at 2,060. As Nigeria steps up effort to administer the vaccines to people in various states, the country has continued to see low figures of new cases. According to the health agency, 57 new cases were recorded in six states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The highest...

COVID-19: Experts worry over challenges as Nigeria rolls out vaccines On FG awaits additional 42m doses from Africa Union By Sola Ogundipe & Gabriel Olawale With the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign weekend in Nigeria, the plan to vaccinate over 70 percent of the population between 2020 and 2021 began in earnest. The roll-out began at the National Hospital Abuja following a positive outcome of the final assessment by the  National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC. Last Tuesday, Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, bei...

Nel Ibuola Share this article When Nigeria’s 2021 budget projection was made and planning for the COVID vaccine was missing, it was unsettling for many of its citizens. A group of prominent Nigerians came together under an umbrella they called Coalition Against COVID (CA-COVID).  With members like Jim Ovia, Aliko Dangote, Tony Elumelu, amongst others, the coalition promised in January to put out nearly $100 million to buy some portion of the COVAX AstraZeneca vaccine allocated to Nigeria. This came after they contributed over ₦30 billion to the fight against the coronavirus. That interve...

• Minister raises concern over fake vaccines • Experts insist on local production to prevent future epidemics The Federal Government has launched a homegrown Strategy to deliver the COVID-19 vaccination and Electronic Management of Immunisation Data (EMID) System in the country. It explained that the strategy, known as T. E. A. C. H, is a hybrid of traditional vaccination campaign using micro-plan and electronic registration systems deployed in developed countries. Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, who unveiled the strategy in Abuja yesterday, explained that T.E.A.C.H. represented a...

National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has launched an online registration portal for Nigerians eligible in taking COVID-19 vaccination